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96 Saving the world 08 LANGUAGE SKILLS EXPLORE EXTRAS Look at this sentence. The journey of these sculptures of ice from glaciers to ocean is eerily beautiful and utterly terrifying. We could also describe the icebergs using these adverbs. How would they change the meaning? strangely beautiful  breathtakingly beautiful  strikingly beautiful astonishingly beautiful  stunningly beautiful  heart-rendingly beautiful Which expressions from 14a could describe: 1 a dream? 3 a romantic song? 5 a piece of jewellery? 2 a fashion model? 4 a mountain landscape? Add adverbs from the box to 1–6. How do they add to the meaning? 1 hot weather 3 ugly apartment blocks 5 a dangerous road 2 a cold wind 4 an intelligent person 6 a successful book Match each pair of adverbs with a sentence. How do the two adverbs in each pair differ in meaning? critically / terminally  deceptively / relatively  impossibly / frustratingly dangerously / terrifyingly  eerily / pleasantly  obstinately / tactfully 1 Unfortunately he is … ill in hospital. 2 He remained … silent throughout the meeting. 3 We were driving … close to the edge of the road. 4 The river looks … easy to cross. 5 The crossword was … difficult to solve. 6 The streets were … quiet. Choose three expressions from 15a and b which describe experiences you have had. In pairs, listen to each other’s experiences and ask questions to find out more. a LANguAgE FOCus 14 Adverb/ adjective collocations b a 15 b a spEAkINg 16 b Transporting goods and people makes up an important part of the service industry. Discuss these questions in class. 1 How are goods transported? Which types of transport do you know? 2 Which types of companies are involved? What services do they offer? 3 What are the advantages and disadvantages of the various means of transport? Transport, particularly by air and road, is one of the worst offenders when it comes to air pollution and climate change. In the EU there are constant attempts to improve the environmental record in this respect. Read the fact file on the next page and find out what these numbers refer to: 1 4.6 3 70 5 574.8 2 750 million 4 33 6 25,000 spEAkINg 17 READINg 18 bitterly  hideously highly  notoriously stiflingly  wildly Transport Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv